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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Selected Narrations about the Twelfth Imam volume 2 Section Nine The traditions that indicate he is from the descendants of Imam al-Ḥusayn, peace be on him Comprised of 208 traditions Ṣifat al-Mahdī[^1]: From Ḥudhayfa, may Allah be satisfied with him, who recounts: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be on him [and his family], delivered a sermon about the events that will occur in the future.

Then he said, “Even if one day remains from the world, Allah, Mighty and Majestic be He, will prolong that day until He sends in it a person from my descendants Whose name is my name.” Salmān al-Farsī, may Allah be satisfied with him, stood up and enquired, “O Messenger of Allah!

From which one of your sons?” He answered, “He is from his descendants,” and patted al-Ḥusayn, peace be on him.” In `Iqd al-durar[^2], the same tradition has been recorded from Ḥudhayfa using another wording: “The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be on him [and his family], said, ‘If there remains only one day from the world, Allah will certainly send in it a person whose name is my name and whose character is my character.

His epithet will be Abū `Abd-Allah.’” [He says]: Al-Ḥāfiẓ Abū Nu`aim has recorded it in Ṣifat al-Mahdī. He has narrated a more complete version from Abū l-Ḥasan al-Raba`ī al-Mālikī, from Ḥudhayfa, who said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be on him [and his family] said, “If there remains only one day from the world, Allah will raise in it a person whose name is my name and whose character is my character. His epithet will be Abū `Abd-Allah.

People will pledge allegiance to him between the Rukn and the Maqām. Allah will return religion through him and will grant him victories. There will remain no one on the face of earth but that he will declare, ‘There is no god but Allah.’” Salmān stood up and asked, “O Messenger of Allah! From which of your sons is he?” He replied, “From the descendants of this son of mine,” and he patted al-Ḥusayn.

Al-Bayān fī akhbār Ṣāḥib al-Zamān[^3]: Through his chains of narrators from al-Dāraqutnī, through his chain (sanad) from Sahl b. Sulaimān, from Abū Hārūn al-`Abdī who recounts: I came to Abū Sa`īd al-Khudrī and asked, “Were you present during the Battle of Badr?” He replied in the affirmative.